11^th September 2008

Dear Friends:

This is just a quick note, but it comes from my heart to yours.

Thank you for your very kind gift of £7000, which we received today.

Your generosity will make a difference in our lives. I'm going to ensure that.

We are going to use your gift to fund a family holiday to Australia.

To lose someone who's loved you all your life,

Having held you long against the darkness,

And felt the press of friends upon your sadness,

Need cutting through your torment like a knife...

Kindness is a sign of inner plenty:

Yours does much to mitigate my pain.

Of grief comes neither clarity nor gain

Unless friends fill its passion with their beauty.

Thanks again for all your kindness.

Lorraine, Kyle and Linzi xxx